Top 10 Key moment quotes Flashcards
A quote that reveals the Headmaster’s superficiality as he explains to Mrs Lintott that he needs to bring someone in to add “polish” (pg8)
Headmaster: “Factually tip-top as your boys always are, something more is required.”
A quote to show that a bond between Hector and the boys is established (pg6)
Hector: “Child, I am your teacher. Whatever I do in this room is a token of my trust.”
A quote that displays Irwin’s populist views on history (pg35)
Irwin: “History nowadays is not a matter of conviction. It’s a performance. It’s entertainment. And if it isn’t, make it so.”
A quote that expresses the headmaster’s outrage as Hector is unable to see he has done anything wrong (pg53).
Headmaster: “A hand on a boy’s genitals at fifty miles an hour, and you call it nothing?”
A quote that shows that Hector is in despair, despite his brave face in the headmaster’s office (pg65).
Hector: “What made me piss my life away in this god-forsaken place?”
A quote that reveals how Hector is more sensitive and compassionate than Irwin (pg70).
Hector: “But how can you teach the Holocaust?”
A quote that demonstrates how different Irwin is from Hector and shows that he is even prepared to use something so horrific as the Holocaust to his own ends (pg74).
Irwin: “No. But this is history. Distance yourselves.”
A quote that shows the audience that’s Irwin’s methods have been successful (pg97).
Headmaster: “Splendid news! Poster a scholarship, Darin an exhibition and places for everyone else.”
A quote that supports Bennett’s views on the random nature of history, this is the moment when everything changes (pg105).
Scripts: “And here history rattled over the points…”
This quote encapsulates Hector’s educational philosophy (pg109).
Hector: “Pass it on boys. That’s the game I wanted you to learn. Pass it on.”
